> > It's a matter of pride to deliver a quality product that "just works" and> 
> > > doesn't break something else.> > I write things for my own purposes and I 
> > often need to use the high> resolution timers. I have no idea if that is 
> > portable into the Linux world> and I guess I never cared much. I know that 
> > there are some sort of timers in> Linux. Read the NOTES section of :> > 
> > http://www.blastwave.org/man/gethrtime_3C.html> > You can't beat that with 
> > a stick and I can't compile my code on Linux. But I> can deliver a product 
> > on Solaris over and over and it works.> > Does that make me sloppy ? I 
> > don't think so. My code compiles with no> warnings and no errors and I tend 
> > to use strict ANSI compliance mode. Heck> .. sometimes I'll even be 
> > pedantic but .. only late at night when no one is> watching :-)
Actually, gethrtime is in section 3C:
 
"(3C)        These functions, together with those of Section 2,
            constitute the standard C library"
 
And indeed, if we do some further digging:
 
http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-60130/gethrtime.3C.html (HP-UX 11iv3)
 
So, this says more about Linux than about your coding.
 
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